When I write my column, I try to stick to specific hacks or tips you can use to make life with Linux a little easier. Usually, I describe with pretty specific detail how to accomplish a particular ...

Software deployment has always been one of the most stressful parts of a developer's job. You write code, test it, and then push it live, hoping nothing breaks. When something inevitably does go wrong ...

Managing IT infrastructure is a more complex proposition than it used to be. The age of on-premises servers and monolithic applications is giving way to a new hybrid reality: Legacy, on-premises ...

Windows 2000 administrators spend a lot of time deploying software to multiple clients using Microsoft's built-in automated network installation technology. While adequate in some cases, third-party ...

As software development teams get larger, application packaging and deployment tasks become much harder. Handwritten scripts and low-level JDK utility calls just don't scale as teams grow, which is ...

Dell Technologies Inc. is pitching a new open-source software suite it created in partnership with Intel Corp. and Arizona State University as a way for customers to manage the convergence of ...

In my career, I have managed the deployment of Macintosh labs and offices in colleges and elementary schools and at companies with a few workstations and at major corporations. In handling most ...